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Kilapanga is a traditional music-and-dance form of the Bakongo (Kongo) people of northern Angola and the Kongo regions of the Congo Basin. It is characterized by driving polyrhythmic percussion, responsorial (call-and-response) singing, and energetic, hip-and-shoulder-led group choreography. Performed at community festivities and processions, kilapanga emphasizes communal participation, proverb-rich texts, and rhythmic interplay between hand drums, scrapers, and clapping. As Kongo communities moved into urban centers in the 20th century, kilapanga’s grooves and step-patterns helped shape Angolan popular performance practice and later fed into modern styles—most famously Kuduro—where producers recast its pulse and call-and-response energy with electronic instruments.